Canopy-support for carriages



Model.)

H. C. SEELY. Canopy Support for Carriages.

No. 234,208. Patented Nov. 9, I880.

WITNESSES= INVENTUR= MPETERS. FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON 0 C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE O. SEELY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CANOPY-SUPPORT FOR CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,208, dated November 9, 1880.

Application filed April 22, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, HORACE CLINTON SEELY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Canopy-Adjuster for Carriages; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanyin g drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the adjusting devices for securing the parts to the carriage and the supporting standard and arms, the parts connected with which are the standard A, arms B and D, canopy or umbrella staff (1, set-screws E, and washers F hereinafter fully described.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my canopyadjuster as applied to a double-seated earriage. Fig. 2 is the same as applied to a single-seated carriage, with the cover removed from the umbrella to show the combination of the umbrella ribs and stays with the canopy or umbrella staff 0 and the latter with the arms B and D. Fig. 3 is afront or back view of the standard A. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the lower part of the arm B, with its adjusting device a enlarged. Fig. 5 is a front view of the lower part of the arm D enlarged. Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective and transverse sectional views of the canopy or umbrella staff 0 enlarged. Figs. 8 are perspective views of the washers F enlarged.

The standard A should be square, straight, and perforated with holes longitudinally, at uniform distances apart throughout its length, to admit of it being adjusted up and down on the carriage-body, and held firmly to the latter by means of set-screws or other convenient fastenings.

The top of the standard A should be enlarged to afl'ord the necessary strength and bearing required by receiving the adjusting device a on the arm B through a socket or hub in the former, corresponding in size and shape to the said device a.

The arms B and D should be made square or diamond shape, to prevent the canopy or umbrella staff G from turning thereon, and bent arc shape, to admit of the canopy or um- I brella being placed in such positions through- (ModeL) out their length as will the most effectually shade the seat or seats at ditterent angles, the said arms B and D being held in the desired positions by the set-screws E, hereinafter described.

The adjusting device a, forming a part of the arm B, should he graduated in thickness, decreasing toward its free end, with offsets affording shoulders to bear against the standard A and washer F, by which means, in connection with the set-screws E, the parts may be bound firmly together, and also admit of the arm or arms B and D being rotated from side to side on the standard A.

The part of the said device a which rotates within the socket or hub of the standard A should be octagonal in shape or furrowed, to afford firm bearings for the set-screw E, extending down through the top of the standard A, and the lower half of the socket or hub in the said standard A made to correspond to it in size and shape, while the upper half of said socket or hub may be round and large enough to admit of the free rotation of the said device to within thesame when the set screw E is drawn, by which means the arm or arms B and D may be rotated laterally and set to support the canopies or umbrellas firmly at any desired angle. That part of the adjusting device a occupied by the washers F and lower end of the arm D may be the shape of a half or three-quarter circle, and the washers and the eye of the said arm D made to correspond in shape and size to it, that the said washers F and arm D may not move thereon when bound by the set-screw E, extending into the free end of the said device a, and also admit of the arm D being removed when it is desired to use the canopy-adjuster on a single-seated carriage, as is shown in Fig. 2. The canopy or umbrella staff 0 has a hole, b, near its center corresponding in size and shape to the arms B and D, and through which the latter pass. The said staff 0 moves on the arms B and D from end to end, being held at any desired place on the latter by the set-screw E clamping them.

The staff 0 may be so constructed that the set-screw E may clamp the arms B and D from beneath, as well as from above, and may canopies. The attachments on the said staff C for securing the ribs and stays of the umbrella may be the same as are used for the ordinary umbrella or parasol.

The set-screws E, used to set and hold the arms B and 1) within the socket ot'the standard A, are made the usual way; but the one used to clamp the canopy or umbrella staff U to the arms B and I) has a small foot or plunger, c, pivoted to its lower end, and the'part of the said foot or plunger 0 bearing on the arm B or D is made toeonform to the latters shape, so that the foot or plunger 0 may not turn with the set-screw E. thereby clamping the parts more firmly together than it' said setscrew E were made in one piece. The thin washer F serves as a shoulder, when placed on the adjusting, device a, to keep the arm I) the necessary distance from the standard A, also to afl'ord a bearing against the latter. The thicker ot' the two washers l is used to fill the space left vacant when the arm I) is removed from its place on the adjusting device a, as is shown in Fig. 2 ot my drawings.

A hub may be cast on the arm I) or standard A to afl'ord more bearing for the adjusting device a, aml to take the place of the thin washer F, it so desired.

The parts of my canopy-adjustcr may be made from any suitable metal, such as brass or iron, and may be plated with nickel or tin to prevent corrosion, and may be made of sufficient size and strength to suit their desired application.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an adjustable canopy-supporter, the perforated standard A, with its socket or huh (I and set-screw E, in combination with the carriage body or seat, substantially as described.

2. In an adjustable canopy-supporter, the combination, with the standard A, of the arm B and its adjusting device a, washer or washers F, and set-screws E, substantially as described.

3. in an adjustable canopy-supporter, the combination of the arm D through its eye or socket 1: with the adjusting device a on the arm B through the standard A, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

4. In an adjustable canopy-supporter, the

combination, with the foregoing-described parts, of the canopy or umbrella stafi'C through the hole 0 and set-screw E, with the latters pivoted foot or plunger a, substantially as and for the purposes herein fully described.

HORACE CLINTON SEELY.

Witnesses:

HENRY J. Seneca, FRED. A. FAREIRA. 

